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by russelluresti 5101 days ago
The idea of pulling existing video or interactive learning resources into one location is interesting, but there are definite improvements needed.

First, people looking to learn things often do not know what is required of them, that's why they're learning. Taking a play from the Khan Academy or Treehouse playbook, offering a suggested order that the user should complete the videos in (from most basic to most advanced) eases the learning process. Otherwise, they won't know exactly where to start.

The other issue is with content curation. Aggregating learning resources from different places adds the problem of an inconsistent instruction style, teaching method, and process. For example, different design resources may teach different design principles. Different development resources may teach different ways of solving a process. To advanced users, knowing multiple ways of doing something, or even alternate/conflicting methods or approaches isn't a bad thing--they can use their existing knowledge to decide which is the best in which situation. But for someone new, being presented with alternate/conflicting approaches will just confuse them.

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Great insights and feedback. Thank you.